A simple and effective chromosome modification method for large-scale deletion of genome sequences and identification of essential genes in fission yeast

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Hirashima, Kyotaro ^a   Iwaki, Tomoko ^b   Takegawa, Kaoru ^b   Giga Hama, Yuko ^a   Tohda, Hideki ^a  

^a ASAHI GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; 3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; URA4 PROTEIN, S POMBE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST; CHROMOSOME; EVALUATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

3-ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMICS; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

EID: 32544461879     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gnj011     Document Type: Article

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